SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — A 156-acre tract of undeveloped land in the center of Scarborough has been purchased by the Scarborough Land Trust for preservation.

Warren Woods, a tract of woods, fields and wetlands along the Nonesuch River, was sold to the land trust by its previous owner, Harvey Warren, on Dec. 21.

The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/12Or99C ) reports that the property was named after Warren's late wife, Elaine, who died in 2009.

Paul Austin, president of the Scarborough Land Trust, called the purchase a "holiday gift" to the town's people.

The trust raised $365,000 for the purchase, $285,000 for the acquisition with enough left over build trails, install signs and maintain the land. The land may have been developed if not bought for preservation.